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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckTaut, superbly executed and consistently engrossing, The Disappearance of Alice Creed marks an auspicious feature debut for writer-director J Blakeson.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayA clever little contraption, even though it runs into the problem that a lot of twist-heavy suspense movies have: Once it's spooned out all its surprises about two-thirds of the way through, it loses a lot of its entertainment value.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyCrisp handling, some clever twists and a welcome streak of dry humor hold attention throughout
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanA small but perfectly formed crime drama. And, without making a fuss, a proper nail-biter, too.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfCrisply and efficiently, we're transported to the realm of the kidnapping thriller--and if Brit writer-director J Blakeson knew how to sustain tension for another hour and change, we'd be heralding the next Jonathan "Sexy Beast" Glazer.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA glum British kidnap movie in which writer-director J Blakeson manages to generate tension and some suspense, never rises above the mechanical and contrived, finally lapsing into the improbable.
- 33Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA brutally monotonous thriller.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyBlakeson's feature-length calling card has storyboarded austerity and sadomasochistic promise but in the end lets the game play out in a familiar flurry of double-crossings, two-timings and false deaths, content to only fetishize itself.